Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Do you like working with different cultures? Then it's the best choice for you to apply for this position as we are working in an international environment with colleagues across the world. We are a company that supports curious young people with learning appetite, willing to accept new opportunities.

You will perform cash & cost operations tasks: invoice and travel expense handling and entering into accounting and closing activities related to these tasks. You might enjoy being in daily contact with colleagues from other locations resolving discrepancies on invoices and travel reimbursements. You will have the opportunity to lead various initiatives focused on simplification and automatization. Our team members support each other and help new-joiners to get quickly on board. If you are a person who likes to think out of the box and challenge the status quo, than this is the right place for you.

Still not sure if you should apply?

Let us walk you through your future day at work:
• You will be responsible for one big location or more smaller locations
• Your daily morning task will be to post supplier invoices and employee travel claims into books, investigate queries from our internal colleagues or external suppliers,
• During first six months advanced colleagues will train you to perform additional tasks like deputization of other countries, reconciliation and handling closing activities
• You will certainly like liaising with local offices and suppliers to make sure all invoices are properly accounted in line with all local requirements and paid on time
• Every month end and quarter end we will expect you to reconcile the accounts under your responsibility and explain the balances.
• You will enjoy to collaborate with your expert colleges on a project works such as implementation of new systems and testing,
• We know you will encounter errors from time to time however we can help you with resolving them quickly
• The best part of our job is to investigate/resolve queries from staff and external parties (mainly suppliers). We make sure that you feel energized by rotating responsibilities or locations
We are convinced you still need some more info for your decision
The Accounts Payable and Travel Expenses Team consists of 27 people and is in charge of processing of all invoices and traveler reports in Swiss Re locations worldwide. Teams cover European and Asian locations, South Africa and Australia.
Why is our job very important? Timely and accurate processing of supplier invoices is critical to ensure a good reputation of our company. On the other hand, timely travel reimbursements do make our internal employees satisfied.
Another aspect of our work is involvement in both global and team projects and initiatives. We will inspire you to bring and develop new ideas and solutions and therefore have a chance to influence how things are being done here and if necessary to change them. We all work together as one team, we like to spend time together. So, are you in now?